"Cloud Atlas" backer hires head of film

Lee, who was previously with Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and with Ron Burkle’s Absolute Entertainment, will be based in Beijing and Los Angeles. He was also an executive at DMG, the Chinese partner on “Iron Man 3” and ran his own company Move Eye Media.

Its upcoming slate includes a romantic drama “Old Summer Palace,” which is a feature derivative of popular Chinese TV series of the same name, and a fact-based suspense film about the unsolved death of Canadian Elisa Lam .

Lee is expected to head in-house development, co-production and co-financing, and acquire to titles for China release.

The company is headed by founder and chairman Wilson Qiu and claims the well-known Hong Kong line producer Philip Lee as a long-term consultant.

“Cloud Atlas” enjoyed one of its biggest successes in China, scoring $27.7 million at the box office.